Historical Events In May - 01

1934  Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35 on May - 01.   

1935  Boulder Dam completed on this day in history.   

1935  On May - 01 canada's first silver dollar is circulated   

1935  On this day in history royal Canadian Mint circulates Canada's first silver dollar, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of George V   

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades on this day in history.   

1936  FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis on this day in history.   

1937  FDR signs act of neutrality on May - 01.   

1937  Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 on May - 01.   

1939  Batman Comics hit the street on May - 01.   

1939  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) on May - 01.   

1940  140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history the 1940 Olympics are cancelled   

1941  On May - 01 "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York   

1941  Allied evacuation from Greece completed on May - 01.   

1941  On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios   

1941  On this day in history german assault on Tobruk   

1941  Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history john R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71   

1942  Japanese forces take Mandalay, Burma, in World War II while British retreat along Chindwin Valley to India on this day in history.   

1942  Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 01 townsville put on invasion alert   

1943  Final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history food rationing begins in US   

1943  German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta on May - 01.   

1943  German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871)   

1944  Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight on May - 01.   

1944  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark)   

1944  Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails on May - 01.   

1945  On May - 01 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide   

1945  On May - 01 admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government   

1945  Australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast on May - 01.   

1945  On May - 01 australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan   

1945  General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms on May - 01.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.